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{{Quote|Their greed is as much a threat as their blades.|[[Commander Zavala]]<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Fallen#House_of_Winter|House of Winter]]''</ref>}}

Prior to arriving in the Solar System, the House of Winter was one of many Fallen Houses struggling to survive in the wake of a cataclysmic event known as The [[Whirlwind]]. In the aftermath of the fall, Winter were said to have warred with the [[House of Scar]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Allies/The_Queen#Variks,_The_Loyal|Variks, The Loyal]]''</ref> There is evidence they were present at [[Caracas]] during the [[Collapse]].<ref name = "RahoolQuotes">'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Master Rahool]]: [[Master Rahool#Quotes|Quotes]]''</ref> They settled in on [[Venus]], showing interest in [[The Archive]] of the [[Ishtar Academy]], seeking to plunder the [[Golden Age]] technology within, as well as towards the nearby [[Vex]] [[Citadel]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Fallen#House_of_Winter|House of Winter]]''</ref>

Years later, when the [[Kell of Kings]] sent out the call to attack the [[City]], [[Draksis]], the Kell of Winter, answered, uniting with the [[House of Devils]] and [[House of Kings|Kings]]. In the ensuing carnage that was the [[Twilight Gap]], the united Fallen were smashed against the City walls and forced into retreat.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Fallen#Ghost_Fragment:_Fallen_3|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3]]''</ref> Reeling from the conflict, Winter once again was forced into scavenging Venusian ruins and coming into conflict with the [[Vex]]. It is believed that some time after the Gap, Winter's Servitor God, Simiks Prime was destroyed, though proof of its demise remains elusive.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Simiks-3|Simiks-3]]''</ref> Draksis continued to war against the city, raiding jump-ship convoys using guerrilla tactics, causing [[Cayde-6]] of the vanguard to personally raise the bounty on him.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Draksis_Winter_Kell|Draksis, Winter Kell]]''</ref>   

Winter staged an assault on The Archive, attempting to plunder Golden Age secrets from the Ishtar Facility. The attack was lead by [[Grayliks, Winter Baron]] and further supported by [[Simiks-3, a Winter [[Servitor]] of significance.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Simiks-3|Simiks-3]]''</ref> The raid was thwarted by [[Guardian|Guardians]] however, who destroyed Simiks-3 and killed Grayliks, securing The Archive for The City.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Archive]]''</ref> Sometime thereafter, the [[Vanguard]] received word that [[Wintership Simiks-Fel]] was on the surface of Venus and began a mission to assassinate Draksis. Fighting through Draksis' [[Kell's Guard]], a Guardian made their way onto the Fallen [[Ketch]] and faced Draksis in his throne room, killing him and beheading Winter's Leadership.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Scourge of Winter]]''</ref> Afterward, perhaps as an attempt to replace Draksis, Winter enlisted [[Taniks, the Scarred]] to break into the [[Prison of Elders]] and retrieve [[Aksor, Archon Priest]]. However a [[fireteam]] of Guardians quickly end him and the Fallen which broke him out, leaving them leaderless.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Winter's Run]]''</ref>  

During the [[Wolf Rebellion]], the [[House of Wolves]]' rampage across the [[Solar System]], [[Skolas, the Rabid]] successfully pressed into service the demoralized House and declared himself Kell of Kells.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Activities/House_of_Wolves#A_Kell_Rising|A Kell Rising]]''</ref> Guardians fought against Winter, salvaging shiplinks from them, in order to track Skolas' movements, leading [[The Reef]] to discover his deployment of [[The Silent Fang]] to [[Earth]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Activities/House_of_Wolves#Gone_to_Ground|Gone to Ground]]''</ref> Winter ceases to follow Skolas after he is captured above [[The Citadel]] by the [[Reef]] and Guardians, and killed in the Prison of Elders, ending the Wolf Rebellion and leaving Winter leaderless once more.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Skolas:_Defeated|Skolas: Defeated]]''</ref>

Unlike other Houses, Winter does not seem interested in creating new leadership from within their own ranks after the death of their Kell, Draksis. The extent of the strength of their current leadership as unknown, due to there being no mention of their House Archon, and the rumors of their Prime, Simiks Prime, being destroyed.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Draksis,_Winter_Kell|Darksis, Winter Kell]]''</ref> They have made two attempts to recruit outside nobility to join their house, both former Archon Priests, with unknown intentions for their new roles within Winter.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Winter's Run]]''</ref> In addition, they were the only Fallen House that choose to follow Skolas during the Wolf Rebellion.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Activities/House_of_Wolves#A_Kell_Rising|A Kell Rising]]''</ref>